Physician liability for medical errors of nonphysician clinicians: Nurse practitioners and physician assistants

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-9

  Moses, Richard E ^a,c   Feld, Andrew D ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL LIABILITY; NEGLIGENCE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REGISTERED NURSE; REVIEW;

HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIANS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846092653     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00804.x     Document Type: Review

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